{"id":13396,"date":"2016-08-24T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13396"},"modified":"2016-08-24T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:47:13","slug":"bloomberg-jumps-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13396","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg jumps in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/2016\/08\/23\/Bloomberg-Launches-Stealth-Attack-Trump\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg goes on the attack against Trump<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;One of the most powerful moments at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demconvention.com\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic National Convention<\/a> last month was when gun-control proponent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Bloomberg<\/a> unloaded his verbal assault weapon on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> &#8230; On the apparent theory that any friend of his enemy is an enemy, too, Bloomberg is going after Republican politicians who are supporting Trump &#8212; and he is also getting behind those who have declined to endorse their party\u2019s nominee &#8230; On Friday, the Bloomberg-funded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independenceusapac.org\" target=\"_blank\">Independence USA PAC<\/a> began running TV ads against incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellyfornh.com\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte<\/a> of New Hampshire &#8230; On the flip side, Independence USA is backing incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toomeyforsenate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Senator Pat Toomey<\/a> of Pennsylvania &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think this is less about Trump and more about gun control.\u00a0 Ayotte jumped on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2016\/06\/24\/democrats-got-one-big-name-republican-to-back-gun-control-this-week-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Democrats phony terrorist watch list gun ban<\/a> bandwagon while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/pennsylvania\/statements\/2016\/jun\/15\/katie-mcginty\/pat-toomeys-gun-control-bill-and-katie-mcgintys-po\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toomey supported mandatory background checks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D13396&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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